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Get around Rome
Find everything you want to know about Rome with our interactive map.
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Rome City Beats
Rome, like most cities, is largely defined by its population. The city is lively, at times even disorganised and chaotic.
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The Museums of Rome
Very few cities in the world can claim to have museums like Rome has.
At the very centre of the basilica, immediately below the monumental cupola, stands Bernini's Baldachin. This enormous, bronze baldachin (a part of which was originally in the Pantheon) measures 29 metres in height and covers the most sacred section of. More...
The Pietà stands in the Santa Petronilla Chapel, one of the first chapels to the right of the basilica's entrance. This is one of Michelangelo's most meaningful and poetic pieces, not only because of its deeply moving quality, but also. More...
The Piazza San Pietro (Saint Peter's Square) is a vast, monumental square, a place where the faithful gather every Sunday for mass. When the Pope is in Rome, he conducts the mass from the window of his private quarters. Although. More...
The Swiss Guard has been the military unit in charge of Vatican City security since 1505, the year in which it was founded by Pope Julius II. Pope Julius II considered a military unit dedicated solely to the protection of. More...
If you leave Saint Peter's Square and head straight down the Via della Conciliazione, you come to the Castel Sant'Angelo. Construction on this castle, which towers over the Tiber River, began in the year 123 A.D.. Nowadays it is considered. More...
It is said that this is the place where Saint Peter died a martyr, crucified in front of his many followers. In honour of his memory, early Christians built a small chapel on this spot, the same which would later. More...
